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Post by andydp on Sept 16, 2022 10:40:34 GMT
It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.
Hector Hugh Munro
Bonus quote:
We all know that Prime Ministers** are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.
Hector Hugh Munro
** Or presidents
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Post by andydp on Sept 17, 2022 11:29:50 GMT
I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.
Raymond Chandler
A bonus quote for my West Coast readers:
California, the department-store state. The most of everything and the best of nothing.
Raymond Chandler
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Post by andydp on Sept 18, 2022 12:15:29 GMT
Football themed quote:
Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.
Doug Plank
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Post by andydp on Sept 19, 2022 11:05:47 GMT
In recognition of HM Queen Elizabeth's funeral, a Churchill quote:
The maxim of the British people is 'business as usual.'
Winston Churchill
As I was searching for today's bon mot I stumbled on this:
The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB
Clive James
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Post by andydp on Sept 20, 2022 11:09:39 GMT
No soldier can fight unless he is properly fed on beef and beer.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
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Post by andydp on Sept 21, 2022 12:09:30 GMT
Aaron Judge is on track to smash Babe Ruth's record. Sixty and counting with 15 games left. A quote from the "Bambino":
If you want to hit home runs, you've got to swing a lot.
Babe Ruth
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Post by Bact PhD on Sept 21, 2022 18:50:42 GMT
Aaron Judge is on track to smash Babe Ruth's record. Sixty and counting with 15 games left. A quote from the "Bambino": If you want to hit home runs, you've got to swing a lot.
Babe Ruth Will probably obliterate Maris’s, too. From one report I read, two of #9’s sons were in attendance last night. |
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Post by andydp on Sept 22, 2022 11:55:39 GMT
Rainy day. So...
Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.
Roger Miller
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Post by andydp on Sept 23, 2022 12:00:57 GMT
Pizza is a circle. Pizza is my life. Pizza is the circle of life.
Ed Sheeran Bonus diatribe in Italian:  A person can fail many times, but they won't become a failure unless they start blaming someone else.
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Post by andydp on Sept 24, 2022 12:43:03 GMT
Baseball is in a lot of peoples' view finder these days. A couple of milestones have been achieved: Pujols hit his 700th Home run and Aaron Judge is on track for a record-breaking season. Who better to explain batting than an astute observer of the American Psyche:
So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
Yogi Berra
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Post by andydp on Sept 25, 2022 14:06:51 GMT
Aaron Judge holding at 60. So a hitting quote.
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
Casey Stengel
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Post by andydp on Sept 26, 2022 12:00:13 GMT
If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader.
Rumi
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Post by andydp on Sept 27, 2022 11:20:33 GMT
Fall in New England:
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus
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Post by andydp on Sept 28, 2022 12:22:01 GMT
Since I'm doing laundry today:
After enlightenment, the laundry.
Gautama Buddha
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Post by andydp on Sept 29, 2022 10:45:30 GMT
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?
W. Clement Stone
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Post by andydp on Sept 30, 2022 11:08:28 GMT
Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.
Tommy Lasorda
Bonus:
Driving a race car is like dancing with a chain saw.
Cale Yarborough
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Post by andydp on Oct 1, 2022 15:35:59 GMT
Drove in last night from Skowhegan ME. Started at 2200, arrived here at 0530. (Have been awake since about 0530 Friday) Extra stops because of coffee intake and a needed stretch.
Consciousness: That annoying time between naps
Steven Wright
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Post by andydp on Oct 3, 2022 12:50:27 GMT
Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries.
Yunus Emre
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Post by andydp on Oct 5, 2022 10:26:22 GMT
In recognition of Aaron Judge's accomplishment. In case you don't know: 62 home runs. Most ever by an American league player in a single season.
You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.
Roger Maris
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Post by andydp on Oct 11, 2022 13:12:28 GMT
Still savoring the aftereffects of the reunion.
I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends
William Shakespeare
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Post by andydp on Oct 12, 2022 13:16:48 GMT
It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.
Diana Gabaldon
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Post by andydp on Oct 16, 2022 20:40:53 GMT
Spent part of our weekend on Ocean City MD with a pledge brother from 1967 (Yes, we're that old). rest of the time was with over 700 Corvettes.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Post by andydp on Oct 17, 2022 13:22:24 GMT
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
Emo Philips
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Post by andydp on Oct 18, 2022 13:35:36 GMT
Tonight will be a fight for the ages: Phillies - Padres are on FS1, postponed Yankees - Guardians game is on TBS at 1607. Let the games begin !!
My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.
Patti Smith
Bonus question: Guess who's rooting for the Phillies ? Hint: not me. Guess who rooting for the Yankees ? Hint: not her
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Post by andydp on Oct 19, 2022 12:15:34 GMT
Baseball will be a recurring theme in the next few weeks.
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.
Sparky Anderson
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